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From the standpoint of yards allowed, the Cardinals were the best at being the worst in 2019--the team's 402.0 yards per game allowed was the worst such mark in the NFL. Arizona has one of the league's best edge-rushers in Chandler Jones. A sneaky-good LB corps with the additions of De'Vondre Campbell and rookie Isaiah Simmons. And a secondary that includes Pro Bowl cornerback Patrick Peterson and safety Budda Baker. But the Arizona defense is going to have to show a LOT of statistical improvement to merit any kind of real consideration from fantasy managers.
Robert Jones of Sidelion Report believes that the new faces on defense in Motown this year (including a new coordinator in Cory Undlin) could have a positive impact in 2020. "If Cory Undlin is allowed to help modify Patricia’s defense with more disguises and more aggressive play," he said, then that combined with the new defensive additions would give the Lions a chance to be competitive on defense. It's going to take one heck of a jump forward to make the Lions fantasy-relevant though--only three teams scored fewer fantasy points last year than Detroit.
The Dolphins defense was bad in 2019...REALLY bad. No team in the AFC allowed more yards. No team in the NFL allowed more points. The Dolphins had the fourth-fewest takeaways in the league and finished dead last in sacks with just 23 for the year. The Dolphins were also dead last in fantasy points among defenses. Miami should be e better defensive team in 2020, if only because there's nowhere to go but up. But from a fantasy perspective, the Dolphins defense is on the 10-foot-pole list...as in do not touch them with one.
The Giants are undergoing a defensive overhaul in 2020 under new head coach Joe Judge, with Patrick Graham coming in to run a unit that ranked 25th in total defense and 30th in scoring defense a year ago. The Giants didn't fare much better in big play categories either--only two teams had fewer takeaways in 2019 and the G-Men managed just 36 sacks for the year. In news that should surprise no one, that equated to rotten fantasy numbers as well--New York was a bottom-five team in terms of fantasy points last season as well.